I'm not sure if life hacks and self-psych will make any major impacts on SAD. If you feel down it never hurts to get a mental health consult. I'm from Minnesota

I'm not sure if life hacks and self-psych will make any major impacts on SAD. If you feel down it never hurts to get a mental health consult. I'm from Minnesota so here's more or less how I would deal with winter, ymmv. This list is kind of light-hearted so I hope I'm not offending. Winter is my favorite season so maybe this won't connect very well. Read lots of books and watch shows to stay away from the gray outside. Stay in office environments during the day to benefit from florescent lighting. Take up outdoors activities like skiing, broomball, or hockey (I think it develops a positive association with the winter weather). Otherwise curling is indoor so maybe that would help distract from the weather. Adding friends and beer to all of these events makes them more fun of course. Feel free to eat heavier foods like cheese curds and pasta. They make you feel good and nobody can tell that you gained 10lbs because you have heavy winter clothes anyway. Take comfort in talking to strangers and coworkers about how bad the weather is. Look at the ground during the winter so you don't see the ugly, gray skies. The cold windchill usually forces this anyway.